let me check my calendar

is it normal to be this busy? i mean, seriously, i've actually had to tell potential dates that i'm booked this week, how about next week? do people actually say that??? in any event, my date tonight wanted to reschedule to either tomorrow or thursday but i am busy on both nights. he also suggested friday night but i don't make plans with people i don't know very well on a friday night. let's face it - friday is the end of the week and i don't want to be spending it with someone who might not make it fun! terrible, i know.

just so you know, the guy that cancelled on me tonight is the one that, on our first date, started telling me about this civil claim in which he and his company are named as the defendants and then said, "i'm going to save myself some money and defend myself. depending on how things go with us, maybe you could help me out." huh? i basically tried to brush aside the whole thing by suggesting he bring a motion to have the matter dismissed and he said, "well, next time, let's go for dinner and i'll bring the file." ok, buddy. in any event, i agreed to go out with him again. girl's gotta eat, right? yet, his voicemail today was something to the effect of, "i'm sorry i have to reschedule so let's go somewhere that's more convenient for you. maybe the cactus club or the keg...or something cheaper. anyway, give me a call...." Oh, no he didn't! did he really say "something cheaper?" oy.

i was on MSN last night talking to a guy that i met on another site (Hi5 - bad idea). turned out to be older (36) and filipino (ugh). in any event, this guy that i had added to MSN from my dating site IM'd me (usually they don't after i haven't been online for weeks and weeks). we ended up chatting and i suggested we meet for coffee sometime next week (you know, because i'm booked this week). he agreed and i said something like, "coffee or lunch or something" and he said, "lunch tomorrow? sounds great!" he works 3 blocks from me so we were planning on meeting at 1 pm today. i signed off on MSN and then looked at my calendar and realized i had a birthday lunch today. so, instead of avoiding talking to him on the phone and just e-mailing him (as i am wont to do), i phoned him, apologized profusely for the mixup and we made a date for tomorrow at lunch instead. he had an accent of some sort - maybe russian? anyway, i have a lunch date for tomorrow.

thursday is with the guy that i was 45 minutes late for our date. not too thrilled about seeing him again. i hope he suggests a movie.

had a minor setback with my OC today. as per my usual MO, i stayed out of his way and ignored him when he wasn't speaking directly to me if we were in a group. he must sense a change because he's been taking the route past my desk much more frequently than usual and he's trying to catch my eye and smile at me when he does walk by. i was chatting at reception for the first time in the past couple of days, delivering candy for the ladies up front. they were both going, "mmmmmm. mmmmmm." in a rather inappropriate way and one of them said, "where did you get these? who gave them to you?" and my OC happened to walk down the hall towards us at that moment. they both looked at him and continued to "mmmmm" and one of them showed him the candy wrapper. he stopped and leaned on the counter and said, "huh. i haven't gotten a candy in awhile." we all chatted a bit about the candy and who it belonged to (i pointed at him and he said, "she holds it in trust."). he talked about his upcoming holidays and where he was going (not with whom, though). he hung out for much longer than he normally does and we walked away together. The Ghost came in to meet him for lunch today. i walked by my OC's office as he and Baby Man chatted about work and as i walked by, the Ghost was walking towards me. i smiled a big smile and said, "hey! how are you?" and with an equally big smile, he said, "good! how are you?" i didn't hang around to chat with him, although i should've.

i sent an e-mail to the OC that just said, "when are you leaving for holidays?" he answered, "as soon as possible. actually, it'll be the weekend after labour day." very, very surprising answer. he normally would've left it at "as soon as possible", just to drive me nuts. he never gives me a straight answer.

anyway, the day ended with me leaving at 5:15 (to make up for my 2 hour lunch!) and guess who gets on the elevator? we chatted on the way down about how he hasn't gotten any candy from me lately and i teased him about not taking his vitamins in a long time because otherwise, he would've found the chocolate i left him. we stood in the lobby for a bit longer, bantering mostly, and then we parted ways. i was stupid enough to listen to my Valentine's mix on myPod on the way home and by the time i got to my stop, my mental progress with Operation Forget OC had been seriously set back. oh well, back to square one. maybe square 2.

hey, notice my operation name is "OFOC". hee hee!